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Xiv.16. Karmanah sukritasyaahuh saattwikam nirmalam phalam;
rajasastu phalam duhkham ajnaanam tamasah phalam.

Xiv.17. Sattwaat sanjaayate jnaanam rajaso lobha eva cha;
pramaadamohau tamaso bhavato'jnaanameva cha.

The fruit of good action, they say, is Sattwic and pure; the fruit of Rajas is pain, and ignorance is the fruit of Tamas.

From Sattwa arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion arise from Tamas, and ignorance also.

The Gita